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Manhunt underway for person of interest in fatal hit-and-run crash at day care

The person of interest in the fatal hit-and-run day care crash has a criminal record, court documents show.

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Updated: 10:56 PM EDT Apr 9, 2014

Manhunt underway for person of interest in fatal hit-and-run crash at day care

The person of interest in the fatal hit-and-run day care crash has a criminal record, court documents show.

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Updated: 10:56 PM EDT Apr 9, 2014

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WEBVTT RIGHT NOW. LIVE, BREAKING NEWS, AN ALL-OUT MANHUNT FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN A OR RICK CRASH. ONE CHILD IS DEAD, ANOTHER 11 INJURED AFTER A CAR IS FORCED OFF THE ROAD SLAMMING INTO AN ORANGE COUNTY DAY CARE. RIGHT TROOP ES LOOKING FOR ROBERT CORCHADO. HE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE HIT AND RUN AROUND 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. MAY HAVE FLED THE SCENE IN SILVER DODGE DURANGO AND LATER FOUND ABANDONED IN WINTER PARK, HE COULD BE IN A NEW RENTED VEHICLE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. WE START WITH STEPHANIE CULP AND O. I. A. AND THE MAN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS UNFOLDING. TENSE MOMENTS AT OIA TODAY, ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THE OPD AS THEY SEARCH FOR THIS PERSON OF INTEREST, ROBERT CORCHADO AND HANDING OUT THIS FLIER WITH HIS PICTURE ON IT TO ALL EMPLOYEES, IT TURNS OUT HE NEVER CAME HERE TO THE AIRPORT AFTER ALL. AUTHORITIES LAUNCHED A MASSIVE SEARCH, FIRST FOR THE SILVER DODGE DURANGO WHICH WITNESSES REPORTED RAN FROM THE SCENE OF THE DAY CARE ACCIDENT THE DURANGO WAS SPOTTED TWO MILES FROM THE DAY CARE, AUTHORITIES SAY THE DRIVER DITCHED THE SNUF THIS DRIVEWAY OFF ORANGE AVENUE AND FLED WITH THE SUV LOCATED THE FOCUS OF THE SEARCH SOLICITED TO THE DRIVER, THE PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE INDICATION 28-YEAR-OLD ROBERT CORCHADO. JUST A NEWFEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE THE HE LEFT THE SILVER DURANGO, BUT TROOPERS BELIEVE HE WAS TRYING TO FLEE THE AREA, THEY LAUNCHED A MASSIVE SEARCH FOR HIM AT OIA, POLICE ON THE SCENE HANDED OUT THIS FLIER TO ALL EMPLOYEES AT THE AIRPORT HOPING SOMEONE WOULD SPOT HIM, BUT WE NOW KNOW HE NEVER CAME TO THE AIRPORT. INSTEAD HE RENTED A CAR FROM ENTERPRISE IN WINTER PARK, TROOPERS BELIEVE HE GET AWAY IN A MAZDA CSX-1 WITH THE TAG NUMBER CHRQ41. ANYONE WHO SEES THAT MAZDA THAT CORCHADO IS BELIEVED TO BE DRIVING AND KNOWS THE WHEREABOUTS OR HAS ANY INFORMATION ON HIM IS ASKED TO CALL FHP. VEHICLE WHO TORE THROUGH THE WALL OF THAT DAY CARE THE TOYOTA CONVERTIBLE ENDED UP INSIDE A CLASSROOM FULL OF CHILDREN. NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED AT KINDZER CARE LEARNING CENTER. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE THAT VIDEO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING, STANDING AROUND JUST NUMB WATCHING AS THAT CAR WAS PULLED OUT OF THE BUILDING, INCLUDING THE UNIDENTIFIED DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE WHO WAS NOT INJURED. I WAS SITTING THERE TALKING TO THE FATHER OF ONE ADULT WHO WAS INSIDE THE KINDER CARE CENTER AND SURVIVED THIS HORRIFIC CRASH. IT WAS LIKE HE WAS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS, TRYING TO FIND OUT THROUGH THAT CAR BEING PULLED OUT AS TO WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS TRAGEDY. BUT IN THE END, HE TOLD ME HE HAD NO ANSWERS, THAT SIMPLY SEEING THIS CAR DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY SORT OF EXPLANATION AS TO WHY SOMEONE WOULD HAVE STARTED THIS TRAGIC CHAIN-REACTION. AS FOR THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TONIGHT. THEY SAY THIS VEHICLE YOU'RE LOOKING AT WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON GOLDEN ROD ROAD. THERE WAS THIS SUSPECT VEHICLE YOU'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THAT DURANGO. THEY SAY THAT THAT TOYOTA WAS ACTUALLY TURNING INTO THE PARKING LOT, THE DURANGO HIT IT FROM BEHIND, PUSHED INTO IT THE PARKING LOT AND THEN SOMEHOW THE TOYOTA JUST KEPT ON GOING THROUGH THE WALL OF THE DAY CARE WHERE THERE WERE 50 CHILDREN INSIDE. NOW COMING UP ALL NEW AT 11:00 ON WESH2 NEWS WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM THAT SCENE AS WELL AS THE FHP'S EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT WENT ON THERE TONIGHT.

Manhunt underway for person of interest in fatal hit-and-run crash at day care

The person of interest in the fatal hit-and-run day care crash has a criminal record, court documents show.